Описание: The continual demand among graphic artists for floral and botanical illustrations, combined with the perennial popularity of the Victorian style, have inspired this practical royalty-free collection. Artist Carol Belanger Grafton has selected 344 handsome and botanically accurate wood engravings from two notable botanical classics: Paxton's Flower Garden by John Lindley and Sir Joseph Paxton, 1850-53; and The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and Distribution by Anton Kerner von Marilaun and F. W. Oliver, 1902.Illustrations include exquisitely detailed renderings of flowers and other plant features of exotic specimens from around the world: passionflower, baobab, spider lily, hop, quaking grass, mourning cypress, American mangrove, wayfaring tree, Christmas rose, Indian rhododendron, false indigo, winged pea, Persian walnut. cat's-claw mimosa, Bhutan cypress, and many more.The engravings encompass a broad spectrum of plant forms: trees, shrubs, aquatic and climbing plants, evergreens, vines, brushes, herbs, various perennials, and others. Orchids are especially well represented; over 10 percent of the illustrations in this volume depict orchids. Each illustration is accompanied by an identifying caption that provides the scientific name and a brief description of the plant, its native region, and if it is a flower, the coloration of the blossoms.The clarity and accuracy of these engravings is striking; they are well-suited to reproduction for almost any graphic purpose. Moreover, all illlustrations are royalty-free; no prior permission or fee is required for their use. Invaluable to graphic artists in need of a comprehensive archive of unusual floral illustrations, this versatile reference will delight botanists, naturalists, flower lovers, and any admirer of exotic plants that are depicted with the meticulous clarity and detail of fine engravings.
Описание: Great 1593 work codified and developed symbolism of baroque and rococo periods. This copyright-free volume reprints 200 plates from rare 18th-century edition, Hertel’s Historiae et Allegoriae, with English translations of the German and Latin captions, and full descriptions, interpretations an
Автор: Gillon Edmund Название: Art Nouveau Illustrations CD-ROM and Book ISBN: 0486997650 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486997650 Издательство: Dover Рейтинг: Цена: 1855.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Selected from the pages of The Studio, the legendary London publication that promoted the Art Nouveau style, these vintage illustrations played a tremendous role in influencing American artists and illustrators during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Included are splendid examples of book covers, posters, and advertisements; bookplates, menus, greeting cards, decorative alphabets, and a variety of designs and patterns by Walter Crane, Will Bradley, Charles Robinson, and other artists of the period.
